Photos: Flooding prompts evacuations, closes roads in Arizona

Flash flooding pushed a vehicle onto debris when rising waters overran Skunk Creek on Aug. 19 in New River, Ariz. (Ross D. Franklin / Associated Press)

Aug. 19, 2014 9:22 PM PT

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Downpours in the Phoenix area forced evacuations, closed major roads and left at least a thousand people briefly without power.

A recreational vehicle sits atop a pickup truck and horse trailer in New River, Ariz. (Rob Schumacher / Associated Press)

A resident of New River, just northwest of Phoenix, gets a tow from a neighbor as they pass a mobile home pushed down Skunk Creek by the storm-induced flooding. (Ross D. Franklin / Associated Press)